China will relax rules on IPOs for a planned Nasdaq-style tech board in Shanghai as it seeks to encourage start-ups to list at home after losing the likes of Alibaba and Baidu to Wall Street. Existing rules on initial public offerings ban companies from listing unless they have a track record of profits, and put caps on their pricing and how much they are allowed to rise or fall. The new guidelines, announced by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, remove the requirement of past profits as well as any... Tags: News, China, Shanghai, Alibaba, Baidu, Shanghai Stock Exchange

Proving that where there's a will, there's a way, the U.S. capital markets continue to push forward as the political stalemate at the heart of the federal government shutdown continues. Tags: News, United States, Foley Hoag

Growing number of people also find it difficult to understand what they are covered forThe number of people who believe private health insurance is essential has declined since five years ago, while more people agree that it is difficult to understand what is covered by their policies.The findings are from in-depth, face-to-face interviews with more than 50,000 Australians in a year conducted by Roy Morgan researchers. The latest results are based on the 12 months to October 2018. Continue readi... Tags: Health, Australia news, Roy Morgan, Private health insurance

Builders' liens are an important tool, providing contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers security for unpaid work. The template s.48 Order requires a lien claimant to file a Statement of Claim Tags: News, Canada

When it was enacted in August 2018, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018(FIRRMA) overhauled the US law governing CFIUS national security reviews for the first time in 11
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